The Last of the Mohicans on screen

James Fenimore Cooper's frontier novel has repeatedly been filmed, with later versions shifting the central romance and drawing on earlier screen treatments as well as the book.

This map covers the related screen works currently supported by PlotGeeks, rather than every adaptation ever made.

1. Source book | 1826The Last of the MohicansView book explainer →
2. 1920 | Feature filmThe Last of the MohicansAdapted from | Clarence Brown, Maurice Tourneur

   The silent feature centers Uncas, Cora, and Magua more strongly and changes names and emphasis within Cooper's frontier story.

3. 1936 | Feature filmThe Last of the MohicansAdapted from | George B. Seitz

   The 1936 film increases Hawkeye's romantic importance and supplies a major screen model for the later feature.

4. 1992 | Feature filmThe Last of the MohicansInspired by | Michael Mann

   The modern film draws from both Cooper and the 1936 screenplay, placing Hawkeye and Cora's romance at the center while moving Uncas and Alice to a subplot.

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